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Introduction--The DeWitt Colony, the website and purpose

New Spain--The future DeWitt Colony as part of the Kingdom of Spain
Viceroys | Governors | Commandants | Sword & Cross | Inspection Expeditions | Bernardo de Galvez | Origin-Texas Ranching | Spanish Xenophobia | Filibuster Phillip Nolan | Peter Ellis Bean | Disputed Borderland | Zebulon Pike | Villa San Marcos de Neve 1807 | Anthony Glass 1808-1809 | Events in Texas 1811 | Las Casas Insurrection | Juan Zambrano | Revolution 1812 | First Republic of Texas | Bernardo Gutiérrez de Lara | Salcedo's Execution | Battle of Medina | Coastal Movements | Champ d'Asile | Border Treaty 1819 | Dr. James Long | Immigration by Contract | Mexican Independence

Coahuila y Tejas--From Liberal Federalism to Centralist Dictatorship
Presidents-Mexico | Governors-Texas | 1824 Federal Constitution | 1827 State Constitution | Laws--Coahuila y Texas | Government-S.H. Dixon | Immigration by Contract | Empresario System | Stephen F. Austin | Colonization Decree 1823 | National Colonization Laws | State Colonization Laws | Empresario Contracts | Fredonian Rebellion | Manuel Mier y Terán | Pedro Elías Beán | Jorge Fisher | Juan Davis Bradburn | José Antonio Navarro | Antonio de Santa Anna | Consultations

Colony Birth--Under Empresario Green DeWitt and James Kerr
Colony Papers | DeWitt's Petition | The Beginning | Green DeWitt | Kerr Creek Setback | The La Baca Station | Conflict with DeLeon | Fredonian Rebellion | James Kerr | Move to Gonzales | Inhabitants 1828| Land Grants | Land Grant Title | Rivers and Grants | The De Leon Colony | The Irish Colonies

Expansion--Burkets, Kents, Zumwalts--Life on the Frontier as Mexican Citizens
DeWitt Colony Papers | Arrival in Lavaca Bay | DeWitt's Colony-Smithwick | Early Days in Texas--Burket | Colony Expansion 1828-1831 | Tennessee-Texas Land Co. | Land Titles & Citizenship | Land Titles & Maps | David Burket Family | Abraham Zumwalt Family | Andrew Kent Family | "Black" Adam Zumwalt | "Red" Adam Zumwalt |

Gonzales--Main Municipality of the DeWitt Colony
Green DeWitt | James Kerr | Colony Papers | Lockhart Survey | Fort and Log Pen Cabins | Gonzales Town Deed | Deeds--Inner--Outer Town | Town Structures 1836 | Ayuntamiento 1833 1834 1835 | Residents-Biographies | Burket, Zumwalt, DeWitt Cluster | David Burket | "Red" Adam Zumwalt | Burning of Gonzales |

Government
DeWitt Colony Papers | Hispanic Municipality | Constitution of 1824 | Laws-Coahuila y Tejas | Government-S.H. Dixon | Empresario System | Colony Regulations | District of Gonzales | First Ayuntamiento 1832 | Response to Consultations | Ayuntamientos 1833-1836 | Minutes 1833 1834 1835 | Ordinances & Decrees | Town Council 1836-1846 | Tax Rolls 1837 1838 1839 | JacksonCo Tax Rolls 1840 | LavacaCo Tax Rolls 1846

People
Aboriginal Peoples | Upper South Immigrants | Character of Colonists | Hispanic Minority | Slavery | 1828 Census | Almonte's Report 1834 | Land Grant-Titles & Maps | Biographies-DeWitt Colonists | Deeds--Inner--Outer Town | Gonzales Town Residents | Old Gonzales 18-Biographies | Alamo Relief Force | DeWitt Captains & Men | San Jacinto Veterans | Ladies, Widows & Mothers

Life
New Spain | Tejano Origins | Upper South: Hunters and Farmers | Housing | Farming | Stock Raising | The Daily Fare | Business & Commerce | Religion | Ayuntamiento Minutes | Town Council Proceedings | Almonte's Report | J.E. Field's Description | Old Texas Days | Early Days in Texas | Living, Customs & Perils | Texian Poetry | Memoirs of Old Texians | DeWitt Colony Ladies | WOMEN--Texian Narratives

Defense
Colony Papers | Colony Flags 1700-1846 | Flags of Independence 1835-1836 | Old Texas Days--N. Smithwick | Early Days in Texas--N.B. Burket | Marksman, Flying Companies & Rangers | Indian Vandalism and Depredations | The Texian Regulars | Militia Captains & Men

Independence
DeWitt Colony Papers | DeWitt Colony Flags | Flags of Independence | The Consultations | Anahuac & Velasco | Public Opinion-1835 | Finances | Battle of Gonzales | Old Gonzales 18 | Lipantitlán | Muster & Battle for Bexar | The Alamo | Gonzales Rangers | Andrew Kent | Massacre at Goliad | Muster at Gonzales | Runaway Scrape | Battle of San Jacinto | San Jacinto Veterans | Hispanic Tejano Patriots

The Republic
Republic of Texas-L.J. Wortham | Presidents of the Republic | Ordinances & Decrees | Samuel Rhoads Fisher | Gonzales Town Council | Gonzales Town Officials | Gonzales Council Minutes | GonzalesCo Tax Rolls--1837 1838 1839 | JacksonCo Tax Rolls 1840 | LavacaCo Tax Rolls 1846 | Free State of Lavaca | Land Certificate | Republic of the Rio Grande | Córdova Rebellion | Linnville Comanche Raid | Battle of Plum Creek | Battle of Salado | Dawson Massacre | Mier Expedition | Political Events Leading to Annexation--Ashbel Smith

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About Sons of DeWitt Colony Texas
About Sons of DeWitt Colony Texas | About the Author--Wallace L. McKeehan

Editorials
Shorts and Opinions by Don Guillermo McKeehan y Patterson

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